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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 8663567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />December l8, 2006 <br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <br />Colorado/Gunnison Basin Office <br />400 Rood Avenue, Room 142 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81501-2563 <br />Re: Seneca [l Mine (Permit No. C-1980.005) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 41 (TR-41) <br />Postmine Channel SIIPM-8 Design <br />Dear Sv or Madam <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />M[N[NG <br />_ bt - <br />SAF ETY <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, <br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on December 18, 2006, an application to revise coal mining operations at <br />the Seneca [I Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Seneca Coal Company. <br />All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />This technical revision presents a revised design for postmine channel SIIPM-8. Seneca Coal Company proposes to revise the <br />channel design to address continued stability concerns in the upper PM-8 area of the East Wadge Pit. <br />The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles Southeast of Hayden, Colorado. The permit area is <br />further described as follows: <br />TSN, R87W; All of Sections 1, 2 and 12; Portions of Sections 3, I I and 13 <br />T6N, R87W; Portions of Sections 27, 34, 35 and 36 <br />TSN, R86W; Portions of Sections 6 and 7. <br />The above-mentioned pacts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Milner and Mount Hams. <br />The applicant is requved to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of <br />publication of [his notice, the applicant is additionally requ'Ired to place a copy of this application at the Hayden Public Library, <br />P.O. Box 1813, Hayden, CO 81639-1813, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written <br />comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, <br />(303) 866-3562 In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen <br />(15) days of this letter [f no comments aze received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns <br />with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />M ~ ~~ ~3 m,t,~,y <br />Michael P. Boulay 0 <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />MPB/Ahd <br />MiOSS\eLdvemp\C-TR-03_C I980005_MPB_I21820061 I W I Ldac <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines <br />